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Author Jarmon, Laura C., 1951-

Title Wishbone : reference and interpretation in Black folk narrative / Laura C. Jarmon.

Publication Info. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GR111.A47 J37 2003    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxxix, 372 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: a modal discourse -- Tar baby: binding and transcription -- Good sense: duty and ambivalence -- Buzzard: faith and paradox -- Pots and hoes: working and saving -- Skull: presence and propriety -- Cursing: sanction and mood -- Conclusion: humor and the joker.
Subject African Americans -- Folklore.
African Americans -- Folklore.
Tales -- Africa -- History and criticism.
Tales.
Africa.
Tales -- United States -- History and criticism.
United States.
Folklore -- Africa.
Folklore.
Folklore -- United States.
ISBN 1572332735 paperback alkaline paper